Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Halloween
has never been a favorite holiday of mine. In fact, I pretty much
ignore it. It is a holiday about...nothing.

The
next day really is a holiday, of course. Or a holy day, more properly
— All Saint’s Day. Nothing much to celebrate there, in the
worldly sense, but a day to remember all the good folks that have
gone before us.

But
Halloween? Dressing up like someone — or something — else? It
seems kind of pointless to me. But then, so do most things people do
for ‘fun.’

I
guess fun has never been much fun for me. My recreations all tend to
be about doing something. Preferably well. To lose myself in
them as surely as in a drug.

So
I won’t be donning any costumes. I didn’t buy any candy. I don’t
carve pumpkins unless I intend to cook them.

And
that’s something for the next big holiday, Thanksgiving. Pumpkin
pie!